Hi,
Iíve been given the task by my wife of archiving episodes of LOST from my Comcast PVR (Motorola Dual-Tuner DVR High-Definition Set-Top DCT6412) to DVD. After reading much ďstuffĒ from the web and trying about a million programs, Iíve pretty much got a system down. I was wondering if you could set me straight on a couple of stumbling points I have.

The Goal: Archive lost episodes I have recorded both in HIDEF and standard to DVR. Either normal def or hidef but hidef is preferred.
Sub goal: Get the wife to stop bugging me about the PVR filling up.

Problem#1: Iím using CAPDVHS to create the transport stream. Using a ThinkPad p4 2GHZ with 512 RAM and onboard firewire to capture from my Motorola box. I am playing an episode that has been previously recorded and stored on my PVR and capturing it from the firewire port. It would seem that if I play a 63 minute show (HIDEF), it plays normal 63 minutes but I only record about 39 minutes of it even though Iím watching it and the CAPDVHS is running for the full 63 minutes. Is my PC too slow? I even set the timer to 90 minutes and still only get 39 minutes. Is this a Motorola thing? If I stream the low def version of the same episode, I get the full 63 minutes.

Problem #2: related to #1 if I start another capture to get the rest of the show, I donít have much luck doing the copy/b thing to combine the .ts files so HDTV2DVD can author it.

Problem #3: If I choose to burn the standard def version, HDTV2DVD super encodes the .ts so that it looks really bad. Any plans on letting HDTV2DVD author standard def (checkbox)??? PLEASE

Problem #4: Iím running 1600x1200 resolutions on my notebook. The window is too big for my screen. It does not fit. I canít seem to resize so I have to undock the asset window to get it on the screen. It disappears as soon as I lose focus. Often goes behind the main app (disappears) if when itís not docked. The only way to correct is to stop and re-start the app. Makes it super difficult to drag .ts files from explorer and still be able to reach the go button.

Other than that, your program does exactly what I need it to do. Thanks for filling the need for something like this. Sorry for bugging you on a free program. Let me know where I can make a donation to keep the good stuff coming. I can see the light at the end of the tunnel. Frank H

Now that I'm looking, Some of my partitions I use to store data i.e.capture on my notebook are FAT32. My main boot partition on the notebook and my orion p3 drive are both NTFS. Could that be stressing out CAPDVHS? F

Fat32 was what was killing my Hidef captures. I have harvested and burned my first Lost episode. Turned out Great! Thanks for the help. ANy plans for low def capturing. I have some car shows in nornal def I wouldlike to burn as well. If I burn them now, the picture is bad. Thanks again FRank

ChrissyBoy, is your 6412 a phase II or phase III? I have a phase II but the firewire porst is disabled. Is there a way, that you know of that is, that I can enable it? I, too, have found that the internal HDD is just not enough space and fills up pretty quickly.

I have been reading around but I'm not getting much info on how to actually enable the port. I think the usb ports are turned off as well...Can I network the unit with the ethernet port with a crossover cable and edit the settings that way? ... just a thought...